# Botticelli April 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 4, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845 "2015-04-04T23:29:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/381 "2015-04-26T02:25:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Are you known for photographs you took at Yosemite and elsewhere in the West? > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Did you take a well-known picture of a sailor kissing a nurse? > IQ3: Were you a cartoonist whose drawings provide the inspiration for a TV show about a creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky family? I am not Ansel Adams. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Charles Addams. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/382 "2015-04-26T02:26:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Peer Gynt’s mom? > Did you have a picnic with a young knight in a movie released since 1980? > Were you, depending on the timeline, killed in either of two kinds of accidents? I am not Anitra. Take 2 DQs, or 3 if I’m wrong on Peer’s ma. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/383 "2015-04-26T02:29:03Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with A 4. Dead 5. American 6. Known for the arts 7. Died after 1950 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Not known for the visual arts 10. Born after 1875 11. Greatest fame before 1950 ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/384 "2015-04-26T02:39:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Are you known for photographs you took at Yosemite and elsewhere in the West? > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Did you take a well-known picture of a sailor kissing a nurse? > IQ3: Were you a cartoonist whose drawings provide the inspiration for a TV show about a creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky family? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Ansel Adams. > Take a DQ for #2. > I am not Charles Addams. Correct. (Drat - thought I had something there!) Alfred Eisenstadt. Correct. DQ: Known for writing? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/385 "2015-04-26T04:59:46Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with A 4. Dead 5. American 6. Known for the arts 7. Died after 1950 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Not known for the visual arts 10. Born after 1875 11. Greatest fame before 1950 12. Not known for writing ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/386 "2015-04-26T12:44:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Awkward Man. > Take a DQ for #2. > 2. I am not Amos Fortune. correct, Antennae Lad, correct hmmmm, what kind of arts is not visual, writing, or performing? DQ: Associated with food? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/387 "2015-04-26T13:12:36Z")
IQ1: Are you considered the original Green Lantern, using a green railway lantern as your emblem? IQ2: Did you become the Swamp Thing as a result of plunging yourself in your swamp water after a chemical explosion? IQ3: Did Clark Kent fool you into thinking you had caught him in the act of changing into Superman on your show? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/388 "2015-04-26T13:48:17Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with A 4. Dead 5. American 6. Known for the arts 7. Died after 1950 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Not known for the visual arts 10. Born after 1875 11. Greatest fame before 1950 12. Not known for writing 13. Not associated with food ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/389 "2015-04-26T13:49:20Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you considered the original Green Lantern, using a green railway lantern as your emblem? > IQ2: Did you become the Swamp Thing as a result of plunging yourself in your swamp water after a chemical explosion? > IQ3: Did Clark Kent fool you into thinking you had caught him in the act of changing into Superman on your show? I am not Alan Scott. I am not Alec Holland. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/390 "2015-04-26T15:51:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Alan Scott. > I am not Alec Holland. > Take a DQ for #3. correct x2, Alan Funt, host of Candid Camera DQ: Known for speaking? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/391 "2015-04-26T16:50:56Z")
IQ1) Are you a former AL MVP who said of Astroturf, “If horses won’t eat it, I won’t play on it”? IQ2) Have you won more NCAA division I basketball titles than anyone but John Wooden? IQ3) Did you get divorced from Helen Hunt? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/392 "2015-04-26T17:22:49Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > correct x2, Alan Funt, host of Candid Camera > > DQ: Known for speaking? I would consider that to be part of the performing arts. Take another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/393 "2015-04-26T17:23:58Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Are you a former AL MVP who said of Astroturf, “If horses won’t eat it, I won’t play on it”? > > IQ2) Have you won more NCAA division I basketball titles than anyone but John Wooden? > > IQ3) Did you get divorced from Helen Hunt? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/394 "2015-04-26T17:49:31Z")
Dq1) Caucasian? Dq2) Born east of Mississippi? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/395 "2015-04-26T17:50:57Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Are you a former AL MVP who said of Astroturf, “If horses won’t eat it, I won’t play on it”? > > IQ2) Have you won more NCAA division I basketball titles than anyone but John Wooden? > > IQ3) Did you get divorced from Helen Hunt? Dick Allen, Geno Auriemma, Hank Azaria ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/396 "2015-04-26T18:11:31Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with A 4. Dead 5. American 6. Known for the arts 7. Died after 1950 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Not known for the visual arts 10. Born after 1875 11. Greatest fame before 1950 12. Not known for writing 13. Not associated with food 14. Caucasian 15. Born east of the Mississippi ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/397 "2015-04-26T21:29:28Z")
Still stuck on the type of arts that aren’t visual, writing, or performing. DQ: Associated with scents? IQ1: Are you a Doom Patrol foe who gained his powers by falling into a vat of amino acids? IQ2: Are you a Wonder Woman foe who plots elaborate schemes based on a geometric feature? IQ3: Are you an android used by Professor Ivo to fight the JLA? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/398 "2015-04-26T22:58:51Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Doom Patrol foe who gained his powers by falling into a vat of amino acids? > IQ2: Are you a Wonder Woman foe who plots elaborate schemes based on a geometric feature? > IQ3: Are you an android used by Professor Ivo to fight the JLA? Take a DQ for #1. I am not the Angle Man. I am not Amazo. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/399 "2015-04-27T02:29:16Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Peer Gynt’s mom? - Not Anitra, but Aase: [Death of Aase from Peer Gynt - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxjw6ZsHjNU) Did you have a picnic with a young knight in a movie released since 1980? - Padme Amidala: [http://coolspotters.com/files/photos/211407/natalie-portman-and-hayden-christensen-gallery.jpg?1357499085](http://coolspotters.com/files/photos/211407/natalie-portman-and-hayden-christensen-gallery.jpg?1357499085) Were you, depending on the timeline, killed in either of two kinds of accidents? - The former Amanda Grayson, Sarek’s wife and Spock’s mom. She is mentioned as having died in a shuttle accident in the animated episode “Yesteryear,” and died in a transporter accident in the J.J. Abrams movie reboot _Star Trek_. If the answer to **Knowed Out** ’s IQ is “no”: DQ: Associated with music? Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/400 "2015-04-27T02:41:14Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with A 4. Dead 5. American 6. Known for the arts 7. Died after 1950 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Not known for the visual arts 10. Born after 1875 11. Greatest fame before 1950 12. Not known for writing 13. Not associated with food 14. Caucasian 15. Born east of the Mississippi 16. Not associated with scents 17. Associated with music [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845.md?page=21)